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A safe and effective mixer for high viscosity embedding media for electron microscopy
Author(s) -
Helmer K.,
Nielsen J.,
Schmalbruch H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1983.tb04717.x
Subject(s) - embedding , bottle , electron microscope , viscosity , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , composite material , chemistry , computer science , optics , engineering , physics , artificial intelligence
SUMMARY The design of an efficient mechanical mixer for embedding media for electron microscopy is described. The resins are mixed within a closed bottle mounted on the plate of a commercial vibration sander. The primary aim of the construction was to reduce the exposure to potentially toxic substances; in addition it has proven to be more convenient to use the apparatus than to mix the resins by hand.